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  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  they want to wear the grey sweatpants, or the red ones today. (It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  , is like when you have 10 minutes before your parents come upstairs to ... get in line. The ticket told me to get in line at 10:30AM. I got there at 10:00AM and what did it look like? Yeah. I was like, last. Ok

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is also Dr. Abe’s memorial service. Today would have been his 99th birthday. Dr. Abe was my “American grandfather” since I was 16, without whom I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  confident that we’ve averaged about two per day since October 27, so maybe I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  belonging and identity. 10. First time identifying as black. USA has a race ... made a positive difference. 19. First time having dinner at a professor

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which ... , the salaries are a result of competitive pressures rather than the ... .97, respectively; 1.0 would be a perfect match). This work also merits further

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  , amidst all the chaos that has happened this October. Long story short, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  have stayed at home and thought of here? Where should we be today? It ... biodiesel." “At MIT, ChemE, Course 10, is known as the most difficult major

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my family and friends to June 19, I’m realizing again that after a ... bigger than the mind that gave birth to it. Wish me luck on June 19th.

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  L, 21W, 24), and joined and left clubs. Sometimes I tossed something ... House, New House, MIT Admissions, 24.900, MTG, Course 8, and so on. Some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  and it really shaped who I am today," 2) "Having spent all four years of ... team. Laughing, they told me to return to my math problems. Today ... finishing an essay, I usually proofread the completed essay 10 times over the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  Fun fact: when George Washington was a young Virginian, his driving ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated attempts, he was denied a commission…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Things (That MIT Made) LISTS

  

  (cofounded by Cecil Green '24) Kendall Square (w/ 130 high-tech tenants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  October. Overnight, the winds would abruptly switch from amihan to habagat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  This semester has been different from anything else I’ve done. I started out taking 7.06, cell biology, and 6.854, advanced algorithms, the sequel (or what I thought would be a…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  could work on apps in class. By October, I was spending more time on MIT

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  most of April and May- Queens' College library Enough about classes

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  , for example, 10am biology lectures with Erik Lander, the Biology God ... . Including today, and tomorrow, and until June 8, when I walk onstage to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  on that notion because it remains apropos today as students continue to ... be the creators and innovators of tomorrow engage in pursuits today

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024